Al-Kazimiyya Mosque

Al-Kadhimiyya Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة, romanized: Masjid al-Kāẓimiyya) is a Shi'a Islamic mosque and shrine located in the Kādhimiya suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. It contains the tombs of the seventh and ninth Twelver Shī'ī Imāms, respectively Mūsā al-Kādhim and his grandson Muhammad al-Jawad. Also buried within the premises of this mosque are the historical scholars Shaykh Mufīd and Shaykh Naṣīr ad-Dīn aṭ-Ṭūsi.^[1]^[2]^[3] Directly adjacent to the mosque are two smaller shrines, belonging to the brothers Sayyid Raḍī (who compiled Nahjul-Balāghah) and Sayyid Murtadā and Qadi Abu Yusuf al-Ansari.

Several shots of al-Kadhimiya Mosque, including a bird-eye view, were shown in the 1953 documentary titled "Ageless Iraq."^[32]

British Pathé

In the 24 issue of , dated 17 June 1957, the minarets of the mosque were featured alongside Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Said on the magazine's cover.^[33]

Time Magazine

The The Adventures of Superman features a story (issue 427, "Mind games") taking place in Qurac, a fictional stand-in for Iraq, in which a similar looking mosque, turned military compound, can be briefly seen on the second page.^[34]

comic book

Al-Kadhimiya Mosque is considered one of the most iconic landmarks of Iraq, and as such has appeared in several works throughout modern history.

– 7th Twelver Imam, which the mosques gets its name from

Musa al-Kadhim

– 9th Twelver Imam, grandson of al-Kadhim

Muhammad al-Jawad

– Muslim scholar and theologian

Al-Shaykh al-Mufid

– Persian polymath, architect, and astronomer

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

– Iraqi poet and Islamic Scholar

Al-Sharif al-Radi

– Baghdadi Muslim scholar and theologian

Sharif al-Murtaza

Holiest sites in Shia Islam

Iraqi art

List of mosques in Baghdad

Mesopotamia in the Quran

Shia Islam in Iraq

May Ahmad, Hawass (2018). (in Arabic). Cairo: Maktabat al-Anjilū al-Miṣrīyah. ISBN 978-977-05-3115-0.